The one who got away
June 12, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Gillian Layton has been added to the list of Jewish recipients honoured in the Queen’s birthday awards. She received an OAM and has taken the list to twenty-four and with now four women honourees. Read more
The Queen’s Birthday Awards – The 2017 Jewish honourees
June 12, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Philanthropy, Australia-Israel relations, medicine, pharmacy, science and law are some of the fields in which twenty-four members of the Australian Jewish community have been honoured in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday awards. Add in the arts and two rabbis….but only four women have been honoured.
Betar award for Joseph Brender
June 12, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney philanthropist Joseph Brender has been honoured with a special award of appreciation by World Betar Chief Executive Nerya Meir. Read more
JH Kids
June 11, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Jewish House has launched a new building in Bondi Junction, which will houses the JH Kids Program, clinical-psychology and general practitioner services, P4P (Professionals 4 People) as well as other Jewish House programs. Read more
Old friends meet in good times
June 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
As a soldier in the Canadian armed forces, Sydneysider Harry Wigglesworth helped to liberate Olga Horak from the Bergen-Belsen Nazi extermination camp. Read more
AIJAC hosts Greek Deputy FM and top local diplomats
June 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister Terens-Nikolaos Quick has met with Dr. Colin Rubenstein, Executive Director of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council at AIJAC’s Melbourne offices. Read more
ASEAN thinkers and influencers visit Israel
June 8, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A visit to Save a Child’s Heart at the Wolfson Hospital, learning about the Roots Palestinian/Israeli project and praying at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount were some of the highlights experienced by a delegation of top Southeast Asian journalists and analysts who recently visited Israel. Read more
Special treat for Jewish House clients
June 8, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Choreographer and producer Bonnie Lythgoe has donated 50 tickets to her upcoming pantomime in Sydney to the care centre and refuge Jewish House. Read more
No immediate plans to restore an Israeli ambassador to Wellington
June 7, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
New Zealand’s foreign minister has not confirmed Israel media reports that the ambassador is returning to his post in Wellington. Read more
ADC calls on the Australian Government to intervene in Belgium ban on kosher slaughter
June 7, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Anti-Defamation Commission has condemned the decision by Belgium’s Wallon region, the country’s biggest territory, to ban Kosher slaughter. Read more
NSW Premier’s Anzac Program
June 6, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Six young people from across NSW will have the opportunity of a lifetime to travel to historic battlefields in Greece and Israel as part of the 2017 Premier’s Anzac Ambassadors Program. Read more
National Australia Bank and OurCrowd – An Australian First Collaboration
June 5, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced an innovative collaboration with Israeli company OurCrowd, a leading global equity crowdfunding platform that will provide NAB clients with direct access to exclusive OurCrowd startup investments together with domestic and global networks and events. Read more
Swastika upsets Queenslander
June 5, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
A swastika has been painted on an office building in the centre South Queensland city of Nambour. Read more
Shavuot: A message from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
May 30, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull send a special greeting to the Jewish community for Shavuot. Read more
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister visits Jewish Museum
May 30, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Greek Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Terens Quick took the time out of his busy schedule on his first trip to Australia to visit the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more
Manchester: The British Consul-General at the Great
May 28, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Following the tragic bombing in Manchester which claimed 22 lives last week, the British Consul-General addressed Sydney’s The Great Synagogue on Shabbat. Read more
From the margins of society
May 26, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Kishorit is a picturesque village in the Galil in Israel which is home to 171 adults with special needs including two from Australia. Read more
UK Consul to address The Great Synagogue
May 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s The Great Synagogue will recite a special prayer on Shabbat for the victims of the Manchester attack. Read more
Former ABC news chief reflects on the six-day war..and witnessing Moshe Dayan at the Western Wall in 2017
May 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
John Tulloh was a 26-yr-old Australian foreign correspondent based in London when the Six Day War broke out in 1967. The Adelaide-born journalist, who would become Head International Operations for ABC News and Current Affairs, recalls his experiences for J-Wire…….and witnessing the Israelis reach the Western Wall. Read more
Shula meets New York City’s top cop
May 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Shula Endrey-Walder attended the ‘Partners for Life’ dinner in support of Gift of Life the organisation she head is Australia where she met the New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill. Read more
Farewell to the NSW Maccabiah contingent…and 1997 remembered
May 23, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The countdown to the 2017 Maccabiah Games has really ramped up, with the first of three official farewells held for the 570-strong delegation held in Sydney on Sunday to farewell the New South Wales contingent. Read more
Dreyfus responds to Tim Wilson’s motion on Labor position on Israel/Palestine
May 23, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Labor Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has responded to Liberal MP Tim Wilson’s motion in the Federation Chamber in the Australian parliament condemning senior Labor figures calling for a formal recognition of a Palestinian State. Read more
Rabbi gets updated
May 21, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish chaplain for NSW Rabbi Mendel Kastel has spent three days on specialised training at the NSW Police Academy in Goulburn. Read more
ADC welcomes Christensen apology
May 21, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Chairman of the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission Dvir Abramovich has welcomed the apology by coalition MP George Christensen for his appearance on the racist internet radio show The Dingoes’ podcast, part of the neo-Nazi, white-supremacist Internet media hub The Right Stuff. Read more
Chris Cannan meets the community head
May 19, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Incoming Australian Ambassador to Israel, Chris Cannan, has met with some Jewish community leaders in Sydney and Melbourne. He met with The Executive Council of Australian Jewry President Anton Block in Melbourne. Read more
Jewish ANZACS book launch
May 19, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie AC DSC CSM [Retired] has launched the book “JEWISH ANZACS – Jews in the Australia Military”. Read more
Peres commemorated on a stamp
May 19, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The tiny Pacific country of Tuvalu has issued a postage stamp featuring the late Israeli President Shimon Peres. Read more
Win a free pass for “Norman”
May 18, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire has double passes to give away for Richard Gere’s new movie “Norman” reviewed on J-Wire by Roz Tarszisz. Read more
The Battle for Jerusalem
May 18, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Five days before the Six Day War broke out in June 1967, Abraham Rabinovich arrived in Jerusalem as an American reporter. Read more
Ten pin bowling dropped from the Maccabiah but Josh Small will go
May 17, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Josh Small father Greg died in the 1997 Maccabiah bridge collapse and he has followed his father’s footsteps in competing in the same sport ten pin bowling since 2009…but the sport has been dropped from the world Jewish Games. Read more
